When a personal relationship has been cultivated, and the child looks at that man as the father, we as a culture should give a damn about it.
the real father doesn't, the real mother didn't care enough to be decent in her selection of the father and is willing to screw some other guy over.
This is misdirection I consistently see from so many self pitying males around here. The relationship - and actions - of the mother aren't at issue here. The relationship between the man and the child is what's important.
How can you defend injustice, persecution of an innocent man and involuntary servitude?
I have explained the circumstances when I think the man should bear some responsibility for the child, I won't go into those here again, since it doesn't seem many Freepers are meaningfully absorbing them
But as for what you raised:
1. Injustice - sometimes each option out of a set of options is unjust, so whatever we do we get an unjust result. Better the brunt of the injustice is absorbed by an adult male than a child.
2. persecution of an innocent man - that's overstatement. There is no persecution here, and as I have said the biodad should be responsible for the financial support, also. Stop feeling sorry for yourself.
3. Involuntary servitude - that's overstatement, too. There is no involuntary servitude.
Man, you’re twisted.
Well then, why not just pick men with paychecks at random for each "fatherless" child in the world and start charging them child support?
Better that the brunt of the injustice be absorbed by adult males, after all, because adult males are nothing more than potential sex criminals and wife beaters.
And ATM machines, of course.